The News 1130 Sports Twitter account, less adept at feeding frenzies than the hardened professionals at TSN, wondered if the Canucks might be interested in Michael Ryder this offseason. My quick take: Ryder is okay, but I've always liked him because he reminds me of an olde timey hockey player (just a lumbering guy from the Martimes with a blistering wrist shot).

Ed Willes is rooting for the more offensive teams in the respective conference semifinals (so the Penguins and the Blackhawks) and thinks you should do the same. [The Province]

Elliot Pap chats with Jack McIlhargey, a Flyers scout and former assistant coach who worked for John Stevens, the Los Angeles assistant who will reportedly be strongly considered for Vancouver's head coaching vacancy. According to McIlhargey, Stevens "definitely wants another opportunity (as a head coach) in the National Hockey League." [Vancouver Sun]

Thomas Drance lives in Toronto, eats spicy food and writes about hockey. He is the editor in chief of the Nation Network (a.k.a Overlord), and an opinionated blowhard to boot. You can follow him on twitter @thomasdrance.